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......~^%% A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE  %%^~......
.....~^%%§ BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY  §%%^~.....
....~^%%§#  SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL.  #§%%^~....
...~^%%§##    SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY,    ##§%%^~...
..~^%%§###     ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH     ###§%%^~..
...~^%%§##  LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED  ##§%%^~...
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........~^   A DANGEROUS GAME: THE ROUNDABOUT IS    ^~........
.......~^%   IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION  %^~.......
......~^%%      OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES.       %%^~......
.....~^%%§ GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES  §%%^~.....
....~^%%§#     IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL     #§%%^~....
...~^%%§##   BETWEEN THEIR CLAWS, AND HIDE IN THE   ##§%%^~...
..~^%%§###    ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE.     ###§%%^~..
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....~^%%§#    VEHICLES APPROACH; THE GAME IS ON -   #§%%^~....
.....~^%%§   QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL    §%%^~.....
......~^%% PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE  %%^~......
.......~^%  COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC  %^~.......
........~^   IS INSTANTLY DIVERTED, FLOWS IN SICK   ^~........
.......~^%  WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS  %^~.......
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....~^%%§#  CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS #§%%^~....
...~^%%§##     COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF     ##§%%^~...
..~^%%§###      CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE      ###§%%^~..
...~^%%§##    SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT    ##§%%^~...
....~^%%§#   SICKENS ME, THIS PHYSICAL REALITY OF   #§%%^~....
.....~^%%§  IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK §%%^~.....
......~^%%      OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH.      %%^~......
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